ab- / abs- / a-
away, from, off
Latin · ab; abs
Latin ab means away from. It gives words of leaving or taking away: absent (away), abduct (lead away), absorb (suck away), abstract (drawn away from details). Before some letters it appears as abs- or a-.
Memory trick
ab- is a flight away from the airport: leaving the place it started.
Words from this root
- abnormal (ab + normal) — away from what is normalअसामान्य
- absent (ab + sent) — being awayअनुपस्थित
- abduct (ab + duct) — to lead away by forceअपहरण करना
- abuse (ab + use) — to use wrongly or cruellyदुरुपयोग करना
- abstain (abs + tain) — to hold oneself away fromपरहेज़ करना
- abrupt (ab + rupt) — broken off suddenlyअचानक
- absorb (ab + sorb) — to suck away into itselfसोखना
- abstract (abs + tract) — drawn away from real thingsअमूर्त
- absolve (ab + solve) — to free from blameदोषमुक्त करना
- avert (a + vert) — to turn awayटालना
- abdicate (ab + dicate) — to give up a throne or dutyपद त्यागना
- abort (ab + ort) — to stop a plan before it endsबीच में रोक देना